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licensed graham and john mccain have said they will likely vote -- also yesterday, hagel also picked up another republican for confirmation from alabama's richard shelby. here's what shelby told his hometown paper, that though he has concerns about hagel's nomination, he plans to vote for him and expects hagel to win senate confirmation. quote, he's probably as good as we're going to get, he told the paper. it's clear hagel's opponents know their firewall is cracking. the white house is continuing to vent their frustration about how long it's taking. it was this was press secretary jay carney yesterday. >> just to be clear, he won't be withdrawn? >> absolutely not. any suggestion to the otherwise might have been found in the minutes of the friends of hamas. >> friends of ha muss is supposedly that group that gave money to hagel but never existed. treasury nominee jack lew. he has been asked and he's answered more questions for the record than every nominee for the department since 1995 combined. white house circulated this chart which shows lew has answered 444 questions ford, 395 of
licensed graham and john mccain have said they will likely vote -- also yesterday, hagel also picked up another republican for confirmation from alabama's richard shelby. here's what shelby told his hometown paper, that though he has concerns about hagel's nomination, he plans to vote for him and expects hagel to win senate confirmation. quote, he's probably as good as we're going to get, he told the paper. it's clear hagel's opponents know their firewall is cracking. the white house is...
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launched barack obama's candidacy, allowed him to beat hillary clinton in 2008, allowed him to beat john mccain in that general election. and you see those numbers, what they were in january, 2009. >> i forget how much people didn't like that war. and still don't like that war to this day. and that brings us to our nbc "wall street journal" poll we will have tonight and tomorrow morning. >> 6:30 tonight with the first numbers. >> get over to first read and see all of mark's breakdowns. >> thanks, chuck. >>> now to breaking news out of the african nation of algeria, conflicting reports about that hostage situation at a gas plant in the sahara desert. al qaeda-linked militants and local residents claim algerian military helicopters attacked the site this morning. killing at least 15 kidnappers and 35 hostages. a group believed to include foreign civilians. however, an algerian security source tells reuters that dozens of those hostages actually escaped. and yet another report says some hostages are still being held. according to the militants, the kidnapping is present to protest french military
launched barack obama's candidacy, allowed him to beat hillary clinton in 2008, allowed him to beat john mccain in that general election. and you see those numbers, what they were in january, 2009. >> i forget how much people didn't like that war. and still don't like that war to this day. and that brings us to our nbc "wall street journal" poll we will have tonight and tomorrow morning. >> 6:30 tonight with the first numbers. >> get over to first read and see all of...
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the town halls that senator mccain held yesterday in feeng look like those town hauls five years ago. mccain opened by joking that he was prepared for anything that the crowd decided to throw at him. >> i'm so happy to be back with you. it's not fun trying to do the lord's work in the city of satan. i'd like to respond to any questions or comments or insults that you may have. >> mccain didn't have to waited too long. as he attempted to defend his immigration plan, taking question after angry question. >> why didn't the army go down there and stop them? because the only thing that stops them, i'm afraid to say, and it's too damn bad, but it's a gun. >> the border is 2,000 miles long, sir. i don't know how many troops and army people you think would have been required. i don't know how many you think would be required but i'll give you expert information that shows you that probably maybe you're talking about 2 million soldiers. >> cut off their welfare, their stuff and they'll go back. >> the majority of them are not on welfare. >> there are people who have been here illegally for 50
the town halls that senator mccain held yesterday in feeng look like those town hauls five years ago. mccain opened by joking that he was prepared for anything that the crowd decided to throw at him. >> i'm so happy to be back with you. it's not fun trying to do the lord's work in the city of satan. i'd like to respond to any questions or comments or insults that you may have. >> mccain didn't have to waited too long. as he attempted to defend his immigration plan, taking question...
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it is our hope that we hear things like you heard from senator mccain. we can transition soon to a period where folks say let's put aside the blue versus the red team. here's what the law means for you. if you had questions, here's where to go. >> what are you most worried about october 1st? >> on october 1st, what i want to happen is for all systems to be go. folks go to health care.gov and see the application and make the apples to apples comparison. >> anybody in all 50 states, everything is up and running. you will have an exchange available in some form or another? >> that's right. on october 1st, here's the analogy. the shelves are stocked and customers can go into the store and make the price-based comparison and then there is going to be variation in different places about what you can do and when you can do it. for the first time ever and i can't put too fine of a point on this, people will be able to go to one place and make an apples to apples compare and decide whether or not what they see works for themselves and their 235 family. just the f
it is our hope that we hear things like you heard from senator mccain. we can transition soon to a period where folks say let's put aside the blue versus the red team. here's what the law means for you. if you had questions, here's where to go. >> what are you most worried about october 1st? >> on october 1st, what i want to happen is for all systems to be go. folks go to health care.gov and see the application and make the apples to apples comparison. >> anybody in all 50...
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. >>> senator john mccain shows his sport for pro-european protesters in the ukraine. hear what he told msnbc that might trigger the u.s. to get involved. >>> 2016 news. what's going on with chris christie and the george washington bridge? >>> in a hypothetical world where hillary clinton doesn't run, would democrats and republicans underestimate joe biden at their own peril? good morning from washington. it's monday, december 16th, 2013. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. right to my first reads of the morning. the senate is poised to pass the two-year budget agreement hammered out by congressman paul ryan and senator patty murray. does that mean new momentum for an immigration overhaul or minimum wage hike? or will washington in 2014 look a lot like washington in 2013? a city ham strung by bipartisanship and gridlock whose chapter title should be embrace the suck. the senate expected to vote to end debate on the budget bill on tuesday morning. with a vote on final passage likely by wednesday evening. this morning new york's senator chuck schumer said he thi
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like the one john mccain and joe lieberman worked on together a few years ago. but if congress won't act soon to protect future generations, i will. >> that barely veiled message to republicans in congress, if you really hate the epa now, just watch how i empower them through executive action. overall, the president's message to congress was hardly conciliatory. the most praise he lavished on members was about efforts on immigration reform. >> as we speak, bipartisan groups in both chambers are working diligently to draft a bill, and i applaud their efforts. let's get this done. send me a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the next few months, and i will sign it right away and america will be better for it. >> by the way, buried in the speech is something that the president didn't want to advertise, but was there as a hint to republicans on where he's ready to compromise on the deficit and sequester. he called for cuts to medicaid equal to what bowles/simpson proposed. never said the number. close to $300 billion. but he stated it as a goal. folks, this is
like the one john mccain and joe lieberman worked on together a few years ago. but if congress won't act soon to protect future generations, i will. >> that barely veiled message to republicans in congress, if you really hate the epa now, just watch how i empower them through executive action. overall, the president's message to congress was hardly conciliatory. the most praise he lavished on members was about efforts on immigration reform. >> as we speak, bipartisan groups in both...
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i don't see a scenario where john mccain turns against a fellow warrior from vietnam. i think what mccain wants out of this is an "i told you so" moment, where he can say, i was right about the surge. and i'm sure he'll get that today. >> jane, you've been in support of the hagel nomination. is there a better explanation on cos when it comes to iran or when it comes to the nuclear issue? one of the things -- he clearly was somebody that never thought he was going to be in a confirmation hearing, since he left the senate. you know, when he signed on for the zero nuclear weapons thing, and that's got some folks on the armed services not happy. >> well, sure it does. but as he says in his own testimony, which i'm just reading now, he has a record, he stands by his record, he's made some mistakes, he's erolfed, thank goodness, on the gay issue, and he says in his testimony, he'll say it in a few minutes, that he fully supports obama's positions. and he'll be grilled about that and grilled on his past. but in the end, the senate is a club. he needs five republican votes. >>
i don't see a scenario where john mccain turns against a fellow warrior from vietnam. i think what mccain wants out of this is an "i told you so" moment, where he can say, i was right about the surge. and i'm sure he'll get that today. >> jane, you've been in support of the hagel nomination. is there a better explanation on cos when it comes to iran or when it comes to the nuclear issue? one of the things -- he clearly was somebody that never thought he was going to be in a...
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what caused the problem is not mccain feingold, but the citizens united decision which opened the door to unlimited contributions being spent in unlimited expenditures by outside groups. let's look at 2012. the parties and candidates spent some $5 billion. that's 80% of the expenditures that were made. the parties spent some $2 billion, not fact exactly that the parties are starving for money. on former speaker's comment, he is pointing to the problems in the primaries where the expenditure groups have come in and where the threat is and that's citizens united. >> here's the theory of what if you essentially took and looked at the problem we have now, unlimited money is getting into the system. it's anonymous. if you funneled all that money into the parties and the political parties were the power broker, number one, there might be where the political parties had more heft and leadership and they make decisions based on the middle. set that aside and you have more disclosure. one thing we did know is we knew who gave it. >> disclosure, we can fix that problem and wea uh to and we came
what caused the problem is not mccain feingold, but the citizens united decision which opened the door to unlimited contributions being spent in unlimited expenditures by outside groups. let's look at 2012. the parties and candidates spent some $5 billion. that's 80% of the expenditures that were made. the parties spent some $2 billion, not fact exactly that the parties are starving for money. on former speaker's comment, he is pointing to the problems in the primaries where the expenditure...
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senate pass a resolution saying that john mccain's eligible. does there need to be actually claireity? does congress need to step in need to be in the constitution? what's necessary here? what you will end up and we are getting to already a consensus relating to things like the resolution of john mccain, editorialists, the major media outlets, you will have discussions like this one in which it's going to be hard to find somebody on the opposite side. you will have that consensus that develops in an organic way and doesn't require the courts to get involved, the only reason that there's an -- that there's an argument here even is that the courts have not definitively resolved this with question and something they are unlikely to do. there will always be just a little bit of a door opening for political opponents to make these kinds of arguments in cases like this it's a little bit of a door opening. i think ted cruz's candidacy will be decided on other grounds. i think there will be some general acceptance he is eligible to serve for the presid
senate pass a resolution saying that john mccain's eligible. does there need to be actually claireity? does congress need to step in need to be in the constitution? what's necessary here? what you will end up and we are getting to already a consensus relating to things like the resolution of john mccain, editorialists, the major media outlets, you will have discussions like this one in which it's going to be hard to find somebody on the opposite side. you will have that consensus that develops...
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. >> sarah, he was talking about john mccain's criticism. the sort of mccain wing and the cruise wing. wrong or right? >> i think you have the old guard and the new guard and they have different styles. the thing about ted cruz is having work with them, in any given room, probably the smartest person in the room but he would be wise, i think, personally to take a longer view. the politics of today is not going to be the politics of ten years from now. >> ted cruz, good thing for democrats? >> are you kidding, any time you have a candidate going out there and not only feeding the division with the republican party and feeding the division within the country to the benefit of moving people to the democrats. of course, it's a good thing. >> perry, quickly. >> they don't take the long view because they want to run for president and make a change really quickly. you look at the long view in anything. >> men in a hurry. >> do not move. i'm warning you. the countdown of the most memorable moments in congress continues. we still have six more. but,
. >> sarah, he was talking about john mccain's criticism. the sort of mccain wing and the cruise wing. wrong or right? >> i think you have the old guard and the new guard and they have different styles. the thing about ted cruz is having work with them, in any given room, probably the smartest person in the room but he would be wise, i think, personally to take a longer view. the politics of today is not going to be the politics of ten years from now. >> ted cruz, good thing...
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a number of other senate republicans, john mccain and others, the idea of shutting down the government over defunding obama care, it's called -- i can't remember the senator that said it's terrorist like. >> this is how washington works. rather than having the conversation, the debate, figure out where the country is on obama care. we start throwing barbs. lets talk about the affordable care act, obama care, lets see where we end up. the president pushed it through, only 60 fights, scott brown, he used reconciliation. i'm glad we have an opportunity to debate it. >> what will be the achievement they focus on and for you guys the one to obscure is obama care. what does the president get done? should immigration drive the next few months? >> a couple things. one, immigration is huge. we've seen a number of republicans. there are now 22 republicans in the house that have said they are either for some type of path to citizenship or legalization. we know a strong vote in the senate. immigration is the thing that's most important. >> immigration ever get through the house? >> the last 15 yea
a number of other senate republicans, john mccain and others, the idea of shutting down the government over defunding obama care, it's called -- i can't remember the senator that said it's terrorist like. >> this is how washington works. rather than having the conversation, the debate, figure out where the country is on obama care. we start throwing barbs. lets talk about the affordable care act, obama care, lets see where we end up. the president pushed it through, only 60 fights, scott...
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and members of congress who were younger than 50 years old versus some of the older bulls like john mccain and people calling for a conference committee on the budget. >> a real shot across at bob dole. thanks so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >>> up next members of congress team up to pressure washington, d.c.'s football franchise to change its name. the redskins have rejected the effort before. >>> ricin scare. poison laced letters sent to new york city mayor michael bloomberg and one of his top allies. >>> a look at today's politics planner. you are watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. biden is in brazil. enjoy south america mr. vice president. [ female announcer ] are you sensitive to dairy? then you'll love lactose-free lactaid® it's 100% real milk that's easy to digest so you can fully enjoy the dairy you love. lactaid®. for 25 years, easy to digest. easy to love. available out there. i knew devry university would give me the skills that i needed to make one of those tech jobs mine. we teach cutting-edge engineering technology, computer information systems, networkin
and members of congress who were younger than 50 years old versus some of the older bulls like john mccain and people calling for a conference committee on the budget. >> a real shot across at bob dole. thanks so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >>> up next members of congress team up to pressure washington, d.c.'s football franchise to change its name. the redskins have rejected the effort before. >>> ricin scare. poison laced letters sent to new york city mayor...
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myself a couple of weeks ago, and senator mccain was his opponent, as you all thou know, in 2008. i see the president reaching out. the dinner that was supposed to be quiet is sad that it makes news. >> he's right about that. graham's closest friends were on the list. graham also included republican senators who have a particular interest in the budget debate, so that included pat toomey. graham is the only senator up for re-election in 2014. miguel rodriguez was there. vice president biden, not at the dinner. maybe this is the start of a new outreach. in his first term, mr. obama's outreach to republicans was sporadic at best and though the president bristles when that's pointed out -- >> i promise you, we invite folks from congress over here all the time. and when they choose to come, i enjoy their company. sometimes they don't choose to come, and that has to do with the fact that i think they don't consider the optics useful for them politically. >> the fact of the matter is the white house is changing how they're doing their outreach. this is different. almost everyone admitte
myself a couple of weeks ago, and senator mccain was his opponent, as you all thou know, in 2008. i see the president reaching out. the dinner that was supposed to be quiet is sad that it makes news. >> he's right about that. graham's closest friends were on the list. graham also included republican senators who have a particular interest in the budget debate, so that included pat toomey. graham is the only senator up for re-election in 2014. miguel rodriguez was there. vice president...
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biden joked at a an event with senator john mccain last week that he is really in south carolina for senator lindsey graham who has his own politics to worry about. >> my buddy lindsey who i told him i'll come to south carolina and campaign for him or against him, whichever will help the most. i know which it will be. i know that. i know. again, not going down there to do it next weekend, lindsey. i assure you, i will rip your skin off for you and i expect a thank you note. >> biden will also attend congressman jim clyborn world's famous fish fry. a launching pad in the state for a lot of past presidential wannabies, president barack obama. >>> also today 70,000 people kick off the nra three-day stand and fight themed annual convention in houston, texas. you can expect that to be a big event. among today's speakers, cruz, rick perry and former senator rick santorum. one guy who is not going to be there is florida's marco rubio. the national review celebrating rubio with the yes, he can, cover. that was early in president obama's first term. now rubio is on the magazine's cover, again
biden joked at a an event with senator john mccain last week that he is really in south carolina for senator lindsey graham who has his own politics to worry about. >> my buddy lindsey who i told him i'll come to south carolina and campaign for him or against him, whichever will help the most. i know which it will be. i know that. i know. again, not going down there to do it next weekend, lindsey. i assure you, i will rip your skin off for you and i expect a thank you note. >> biden...
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that's why rubio is on board and you have senator flake and mccain on board. they understand if they don't pass immigration reform, they don't have a shot the latino voters for 2014 but also not for 2016. >> in terms of the house, it seems like it's coming down to one of the issues, where if it comes out of the senate with 77, 75 votes, it comes to boehner's office and boehner has to do another bite the bullet gut wrenching decisions probably not going to get majority of the house. >> how does john boehner handle immigration if it comes shooting out of the senate, 60, 70 votes, what does the house do? the house says they'll break it up. there will be a lot of pressure. you see paul ryan in the house, chairman of the budget committee, former republican vp, he's pushing for immigration reform hard behind the scene. leadership pro at reform. they're cautious. they know the base is sensitive to the issue. there will be pressure on boehner to bring the whole bill to the floor. i doubt he'll do that. >> incremental doesn't fit with what latinos want out there. that
that's why rubio is on board and you have senator flake and mccain on board. they understand if they don't pass immigration reform, they don't have a shot the latino voters for 2014 but also not for 2016. >> in terms of the house, it seems like it's coming down to one of the issues, where if it comes out of the senate with 77, 75 votes, it comes to boehner's office and boehner has to do another bite the bullet gut wrenching decisions probably not going to get majority of the house....
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over on the other side john mccain spent $12 million and one-tenth of what the two top democrats spent that year. that trend did continu in the general election. barack obama and his team laid out $226 million for advertising, far outpacing john mccain and his team. republican nominees spent $162 million. but those numbers would pale in comparison even though they were record breakers at the time. last year with different campaign financial rules in place, team romney, thanks to superpac spent $401 million. president and his supporters of outside groups laid out just over $400 million, almost all of it by the campaign, though, itself. so, how did all of that money translate into vote? let's look at the amount of money spent in some of the swing states that year. the president, how, excuse me for that. $74 million for that, spent in iowa. roughly $12 million for each of the state's six electoral votes. in virginia, $11.7 million. ohio just a hair under $11 million and 10 million each for nevada's six electoral votes. so, stunning numbers in what was a pretty small battlefield. >>> joini
over on the other side john mccain spent $12 million and one-tenth of what the two top democrats spent that year. that trend did continu in the general election. barack obama and his team laid out $226 million for advertising, far outpacing john mccain and his team. republican nominees spent $162 million. but those numbers would pale in comparison even though they were record breakers at the time. last year with different campaign financial rules in place, team romney, thanks to superpac spent...
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yet senator john mccain acknowledged that his skepticism about the nomination of his long time friend and ally has its roots, and why they've split since, has its roots in the fact that hagel split with mccain on the iraq surge. >> we both knew that we were losing the war in iraq. lindsey graham and i and joe lieberman and others said we need a surge. and the president somewhat reluctantly adopted the surge and it succeeded. senator hagel obviously said it couldn't. and he called it the biggest blunder since the vietnam war. that is a really gross misconception of america's role there and in the world. >> south carolina senator lindsey graham said he could put a hold on cia nominee john brennan's nomination until the white house addresses questions about benghazi again. quote -- i do not believe we should confirm anyone as director of the cia until our questions are answered, like who changed ambassador susan rice's talking points and deleted the references to al qaeda. my support for a delaying confirmation is not directed at mr. brennan but is an unfortunate yet necessary action to
yet senator john mccain acknowledged that his skepticism about the nomination of his long time friend and ally has its roots, and why they've split since, has its roots in the fact that hagel split with mccain on the iraq surge. >> we both knew that we were losing the war in iraq. lindsey graham and i and joe lieberman and others said we need a surge. and the president somewhat reluctantly adopted the surge and it succeeded. senator hagel obviously said it couldn't. and he called it the...
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other second players were john mccain, mitt romney. there is that precedent. rick santorum might be the only person with that kind of populous economic rhetoric. if no one else takes that up, he could be someone to watch. >> mark murray, thank you. we look forward to doing this with you 870 more mornings till iowa. >>> the last few days have looked and sounded a lot like august 2015. still, at this the point in 2000, consider this, barack obama had served just seven months in the senate and hillary clinton looked like the inevitable nominee. if you go back to this time in 2005 specifically. let's bring in our gaggle. chicago tribute columnist clarence page. republican ad maker kim al phono. and "the washington post" chief correspondent dan balls, author of author of "collision 2012" that i spent most of my flight back to d.c. reading. nice to see you again in person. i want to put up some remarks that were rid written by mauree dowd on this topic. she said, they see the first woman president as the natural successor to the first black president. in other ways,
other second players were john mccain, mitt romney. there is that precedent. rick santorum might be the only person with that kind of populous economic rhetoric. if no one else takes that up, he could be someone to watch. >> mark murray, thank you. we look forward to doing this with you 870 more mornings till iowa. >>> the last few days have looked and sounded a lot like august 2015. still, at this the point in 2000, consider this, barack obama had served just seven months in the...
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. >> mccain/feingold, the unintended consequences have been the rise of all this. is the law, in hindsight, a failure? >> i think it's been a struggle. i think a lot of people really disappointed with the legislation. i think, chuck, as time goes on, they'll be an assessment about new ways to approach these issues. and i think the experience we're going through now, leadership pacs, super pac, will be part of that. >> transparency. shine the light all the time. thank you for sharing your views. >> thank you so much. >>> up next, not one chuck but two. pop culture critic and "new york times" ethicist chuck clausterman will be here next. first, the white house soup of the day. president's in buffalo. so those left behind are eating el paso chicken and rice. as for our next nixon shot, president nixon is not mentioned in his new book about villains. we heard nixon use profanity and even prejudiced language in previously released recordings and these are no different. here he is discussing judicial nominations with his then chief of staff. clients are always learning m
. >> mccain/feingold, the unintended consequences have been the rise of all this. is the law, in hindsight, a failure? >> i think it's been a struggle. i think a lot of people really disappointed with the legislation. i think, chuck, as time goes on, they'll be an assessment about new ways to approach these issues. and i think the experience we're going through now, leadership pacs, super pac, will be part of that. >> transparency. shine the light all the time. thank you for...
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was the centerpiece of the 2008 campaign and the issue he used to draw clear distinctions with john mccain as president he kept that promise. he pulled the last combat troops out of iraq in december of 2011. he's also made strides towards ending the u.s. role in afghanistan and that's not over yet. indicated that troops may start coming home this spring. then will's health care. promise then senator obama made when he first announced his candidacy nearly six years ago. >> let's be the generation that says right here, right now, we will have universal health care in by the end of the next president's first term. we can do that. >> well, it took more than a year and arguably more political capital than any other issue but the president got health care reform through congress and he signed it into law in march of 2010. law's implementation is still a question mark and more legal challenges are ahead. right now the cbo projects 92% of non-elderly americans will have insurance by 2017. >>> the president has incompletes on his record. he called for energy independence in all three major speechle
was the centerpiece of the 2008 campaign and the issue he used to draw clear distinctions with john mccain as president he kept that promise. he pulled the last combat troops out of iraq in december of 2011. he's also made strides towards ending the u.s. role in afghanistan and that's not over yet. indicated that troops may start coming home this spring. then will's health care. promise then senator obama made when he first announced his candidacy nearly six years ago. >> let's be the...
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. >> unless you talk to john mccain or lindsey graham. >> with some exceptions. >> let's pivot to the other big story this week. i'm sure you all saw governor romney give his first interview. take a listen to just a snippet from that interview. >> a long and blistering primary where people are attacking one another and where the attacks are sometimes not on the mark but are creating an unfavorable impression, those things are not helpful. >> and he also went on to talk about the debates, those things are not helpful. kind of an understatement there, to say the least. >> says the man who eviscerated any number of candidates along the way. you ask newt gingrich how he feels about how those primaries went. ask rick perihow it was to stand next to mitt romney when he was in full attack mowed. somebody's gonna say something bad about you. it happens. >> he didn't sound like he was totally over the loss yesterday. >> no, he sounded really disappointed. he said it kills me that i'm not in the white house to work on fixing the country's problems. i believe that. i believe that he genuinely th
. >> unless you talk to john mccain or lindsey graham. >> with some exceptions. >> let's pivot to the other big story this week. i'm sure you all saw governor romney give his first interview. take a listen to just a snippet from that interview. >> a long and blistering primary where people are attacking one another and where the attacks are sometimes not on the mark but are creating an unfavorable impression, those things are not helpful. >> and he also went on to...
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john mccain, senator can do whatever he wants with the rules of the senate. in the u.s. senate, we will not repeal and defund obama care. it's not rational. >> we are nothing if not good at killing each other in the cradle of opportunity. cruz has this thing and rand paul has his. all of this speaks to me of a lack of cohesion and leadership within the caucus. a focus on what the strategy needs to be -- there a lot of pieces here that have not been put in place. we have these shots and ambitions and egos that are driving the conversation. the concern for those in the mind trying to get something done see the wheels coming off or something like obama care or the economy. >> it seems that ted cruz, he had a really bad week. you have blind quotes that are saying this from republicans. he's a joke, plain and simple. house republican nancy approximaty lossy is more well-liked. wendy davis has more than ted cruz. it was rough. >> yeah and you see this fear on the part of a lot of republicans. even conservative republicans are heading down a path with no exit ramp that will lea
john mccain, senator can do whatever he wants with the rules of the senate. in the u.s. senate, we will not repeal and defund obama care. it's not rational. >> we are nothing if not good at killing each other in the cradle of opportunity. cruz has this thing and rand paul has his. all of this speaks to me of a lack of cohesion and leadership within the caucus. a focus on what the strategy needs to be -- there a lot of pieces here that have not been put in place. we have these shots and...
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john mccain said i can't girl an tee anything. there will be something coming back when they return on april 8th. tom, do you see the potential for progress on this? >> you get a senate bill in 06. you have a house bill. they were so far apart, they couldn't reconcile them. you will get a senate bill out and the house is working on a different thing. it's complicated, but political. >> for the most part, does congress have the ability to get it done? they are one of the programs, the guest worker program is fighting with the chamber over the future of that. the low wage for the immigrants. ultimately what you take away from politics is it's always easier to be a no vote than a yes vote. you can talk about a bill that you didn't like. if enough elected officials are willing to lead and say we are more interested in solving the problem and getting it dng right than necessarily reaching agreement on every issue. a moral issue about the american dream. we will lead and get something done. >> i want to see what the president said with
john mccain said i can't girl an tee anything. there will be something coming back when they return on april 8th. tom, do you see the potential for progress on this? >> you get a senate bill in 06. you have a house bill. they were so far apart, they couldn't reconcile them. you will get a senate bill out and the house is working on a different thing. it's complicated, but political. >> for the most part, does congress have the ability to get it done? they are one of the programs,...
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john mccain advocating far more aggressive stances in places like syria while rand paul, a potential 2016 candidate is calling for the opposite. >> i would argue that a more restrained policy is the true conservative foreign policy as it includes two tenants of true conservatism. respect and fiscal discipline. instead of large land wars, we would, when necessary, target our enemy and strike with lethal force. >> when it comes to watching change shift, think about national security. national security was at the heart and soul of the republican party at least for about a generation and a half and democrats owned the national security issue for years. republican his to rely on general in order to gain credibility on foreign policy issues in the 50s. it took the vietnam war and then the iran hostage situation for democrats to lose that. republicans and bush and iraq lost that and it hurt the party and still hasn't recovered ever since. lots of people lost lives. the political impact is something that history should not ignore in this country. mr. russert, back to you. i will see you live
john mccain advocating far more aggressive stances in places like syria while rand paul, a potential 2016 candidate is calling for the opposite. >> i would argue that a more restrained policy is the true conservative foreign policy as it includes two tenants of true conservatism. respect and fiscal discipline. instead of large land wars, we would, when necessary, target our enemy and strike with lethal force. >> when it comes to watching change shift, think about national security....
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. >> senator john mccain, the ranking member of the armed services committee, which will conduct hagel's confirmation hearing, continue to criticize his former close ally say they'll quiz him over america's view of the world. >> the surge was the worst blunder since the vietnam war. that clearly is not, that's not correct. that's in fact, it's bizarre. >> at this point, would you vote against him? >> no, nor would i vote for him. this is why we have hearings. >> finally, with president obama's second inaugural just a week ago, the second biggest fights are going to be over the budget. when the continuing resolution funding all of government runs out at the end of march. the obama administration has refused, saying they're refusing to negotiate over the debt ceiling. question is show, how do they enforce not negotiating when they have their own arcane plan b. over the weekend, the treasury didn't department took one of toews off the table. the trillion dollar platinum coin. senate democrats suggested another plan brk. they wrote in a letter to the president that if the republicans refused
. >> senator john mccain, the ranking member of the armed services committee, which will conduct hagel's confirmation hearing, continue to criticize his former close ally say they'll quiz him over america's view of the world. >> the surge was the worst blunder since the vietnam war. that clearly is not, that's not correct. that's in fact, it's bizarre. >> at this point, would you vote against him? >> no, nor would i vote for him. this is why we have hearings. >>...
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and he took a swipe at senator john mccain. >> we did have a certain eminence grize of the republican party describe rand paul and me as wacko birds. >> we wondered whether senator rand paul could corral straw poll supporter. he clearly did. the libertarian senator scored with conservatives looking toward the 2016 race. winning the straw poll with 25% of the vote. very close second there. marco rubio at 23%. no other candidate, though, in double digits. for cycle after cycle, the republican party has been rewarding the next guy in line with their presidential nomination. but for the first time in a generation, the party has no front-runner. could mean a crowded field. this weekend the potential candidates were already jockeying for position. wisconsin governor scott walker, among the weekend's more popular speakers, admitted he has white house ambitions to politico saying, quote, would i ever be interested? possibly. i guess the only thing i'd say is i'm not ruling it out. for me it's really a measure of what i've accomplished and what more i could accomplish if i was in a different p
and he took a swipe at senator john mccain. >> we did have a certain eminence grize of the republican party describe rand paul and me as wacko birds. >> we wondered whether senator rand paul could corral straw poll supporter. he clearly did. the libertarian senator scored with conservatives looking toward the 2016 race. winning the straw poll with 25% of the vote. very close second there. marco rubio at 23%. no other candidate, though, in double digits. for cycle after cycle, the...
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. >> senator john mccain went after russian president vladimir putin for showing contempt for the united states. >> has he to understand, and we have to be serious, that this will affect our relations with russia in a broad variety of ways, and that does not mean return to the cold war but means a very realistic approach to our relations with both of those countries. >> now what in the u.s. continues to hold out hope putin will agree to return to the u.s. if he fleece against snowden's most likely destination appears to be ecuador where officials are said to be looking favorably on his request for asylum. snowden looked into seeking refuge in iceland. more on this all day today. up next, the political obstacles ahead for the president's climate change agenda. plus a new twist in the irs mess. it wasn't just conservative groups that were targeted. new documents show liberal groups were singled out, too. first a look ahead at today's politics planner. in this busy day, we should remind you the president is going to be meeting with bipartisan group of congressional leaders this afternoon. n
. >> senator john mccain went after russian president vladimir putin for showing contempt for the united states. >> has he to understand, and we have to be serious, that this will affect our relations with russia in a broad variety of ways, and that does not mean return to the cold war but means a very realistic approach to our relations with both of those countries. >> now what in the u.s. continues to hold out hope putin will agree to return to the u.s. if he fleece against...
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i think mccain is right. allow a vote. the most that will happen will be a really unimportant change in one of the laws on background checks and if you want to be seen as standing in the way of that i think it's a mistake. you won the debate. so now pocket it but allow the vote. >> it will be hard to paint the gop filibuster as anything but obstructionist especially with newtown families on the hill lobbying for a vote. again, while we understand the base politics on this issue this seems to be yet another way the gop brand is getting tarnished with swing voters. even with voters who may be sympathetic with the pro gun argument but are turned off by the idea of how politics is practiced in washington right now. by the way, this afternoon vice president biden will do yet another event on guns. this one with attorney general eric holder and law enforcement officials at the white house. most folks in washington who would like to see new gun control passed think there is no more flawed ally than new york city mayor michael blo
i think mccain is right. allow a vote. the most that will happen will be a really unimportant change in one of the laws on background checks and if you want to be seen as standing in the way of that i think it's a mistake. you won the debate. so now pocket it but allow the vote. >> it will be hard to paint the gop filibuster as anything but obstructionist especially with newtown families on the hill lobbying for a vote. again, while we understand the base politics on this issue this seems...